Incidence of Cardiovascular Outcomes and Diabetes Mellitus Among Users of Second-Generation Antipsychotics

This analysis of real-world data found lower risk of some cardiovascular events with aripiprazole than with olanzapine, quetiapine, or risperidone, but no differences were found with ziprasidone. There were no significant differences in risk of diabetes. Limitations include use of claims data and inability to adequately control for differential prescribing of second-generation antipsychotics to patients at higher risk of diabetes.